寝ね覚ざめ

noun

waking up; awakening

Refers to the act of waking from sleep, often with a nuance of the state or feeling upon waking. Commonly used in expressions like 寝覚めが悪い (waking up feeling bad/unrefreshed) or 寝覚めの悪い思い (a guilty conscience that disturbs one's sleep).

• 今朝けさは寝ね覚ざめが悪わるかった。

  I woke up feeling unrefreshed this morning.

• 彼かれの言こと葉ばが寝ね覚ざめの悪わるい思おもいをさせた。

  His words left me with a guilty conscience that kept me awake.